[NYC-L] taste-test4tasty-testes

[Jeton Ademaj]

and now for something completely different:

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16520710-38200,00.html#121

Balls-up leaves testicle cookers hanging
From: AAP From correspondents in Zagreb
September 07, 2005

AN AUSTRALIAN hoaxer left organisers of the world testicle-cooking 
championship hanging after claiming he was Australia's leading kangaroo 
testicle cook.

A man calling himself Nigel Bevan failed to turn up for the event after 
contacting organisers to boast of his credentials and order a supply of 
kangaroo testicles for the competition.
Local villagers in Sumska Kuca in northern Serbia turned out in huge numbers 
to see what delights the Australian could come up with and a band was ready 
to strike up to welcome the mysterious Bevan.

But they were disappointed and organisers were out of pocket after buying 
the kangaroo testicles but with no one to cook them.

"We get cooks from all over Europe who come here to northern Serbia to take 
on Serbian chefs, but we have never had a cook from as far away as 
Australia, so when we heard that Nigel Bevan, Australia's top testicle chef, 
was on his way with a team of Australian chefs we were really excited," 
championship organiser Ljubomir Erovic said.

"The caller told us cooked kangaroo testicles were a popular delicacy in 
Australia, and gave us the details of where we could get kangaroo testicles 
from so we could have them ready when Mr Bevan and his team arrived.

"We were disappointed when no Australians arrived, we even had a band ready 
to welcome them."
Mr Erovic, who arranged for a hotel for Mr Bevan and a VIP reception, said 
the man claiming to be the chef told him he had read about the contest in an 
Australian gourmet magazine.

In the end a team of Serbian chefs called Boemi (Bohemians) from Gornji 
Milanovac won after beating off stiff competition from 11 other teams.

"They prepared wild boar and bull testicles which delighted the jury", Mr 
Erovic said.

"We are sorry Mr Bevan could not make it and hope he might still turn up 
next year once he realises that jokers have been pretending to be him.

"We would like to compare the testicles of a kangaroo to those of wild boars 
and bulls. That would really make our unique competition the world 
championships."